Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Title: US Embassy
Language: English
Composer: David Rovics
Lyricist: David Rovics
Performer: David Rovics
- Lyrics -
There was a coup in Guatemala, the CIA sent planes
to assist the Guatemalan generals in tightening the chains
two hundred thousand Indians killed in thirty years
as butchers of their people, the generals have no peers.
Where did they get their guns up to this very day?
From the men of the CIA.
There was a coup in Chile ’cause the US couldn’t stand
a democratic government that might give a helping hand
so the generals took over after they had made a pact
with their friends in Washington, and that’s a simple fact.
This is what we look like when you scratch away the fuzz.
This is what America does.
But there’s never been a coup in Washington, DC
’cause we don’t have a US embassy.
There was a coup in Haiti that overthrew the priest
who was representing those who had the very least
they were almost self-sufficient, standing on their feet
when the generals insisted on democracy’s defeat.
The CIA headed south and the lifeboats sallied forth.
This is why the refugees go north.
But there’s never been a coup in Washington, DC
’cause we don’t have a US embassy.
There was a coup in Tegucigalpa, I promise I’m not lying
as a consequence of this people are leaving and dying
gunning down democracy is the USA’s MO
it could be called Hypocrisy if it were a TV show.
But this is not a fiction, these are bodies full of lead
and thousands of refugees dead.
But there’s never been a coup in Washington, DC
’cause we don’t have a US embassy.
- Lyrics -
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Title: US Embassy
Language: English
Composer: David Rovics
Lyricist: David Rovics
Performer: David Rovics
- Lyrics -
There was a coup in Guatemala, the CIA sent planes
to assist the Guatemalan generals in tightening the chains
two hundred thousand Indians killed in thirty years
as butchers of their people, the generals have no peers.
Where did they get their guns up to this very day?
From the men of the CIA.
There was a coup in Chile ’cause the US couldn’t stand
a democratic government that might give a helping hand
so the generals took over after they had made a pact
with their friends in Washington, and that’s a simple fact.
This is what we look like when you scratch away the fuzz.
This is what America does.
But there’s never been a coup in Washington, DC
’cause we don’t have a US embassy.
There was a coup in Haiti that overthrew the priest
who was representing those who had the very least
they were almost self-sufficient, standing on their feet
when the generals insisted on democracy’s defeat.
The CIA headed south and the lifeboats sallied forth.
This is why the refugees go north.
But there’s never been a coup in Washington, DC
’cause we don’t have a US embassy.
There was a coup in Tegucigalpa, I promise I’m not lying
as a consequence of this people are leaving and dying
gunning down democracy is the USA’s MO
it could be called Hypocrisy if it were a TV show.
But this is not a fiction, these are bodies full of lead
and thousands of refugees dead.
But there’s never been a coup in Washington, DC
’cause we don’t have a US embassy.
- Lyrics -
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